4 Days til 2011: My Favorites of 2010

Favorite Documentary of 2010: Winnebago Man

The subject character is fascinating, as we’ve all seen that clip. But more than that – and the payoff with meeting him is somewhat lacking – some of my favorite docs are when you’re part of the journey to actually find the story. And with him, it’s a challenge. The audience has to fight along with the director to find out why they even want to find the guy, let alone what to do with him after they’ve got him. I enjoyed that part of the movie more than the actually resolution.

A close second was the Tyson doc. Was that this year? I’ve got a long list of others I haven’t watched yet, so don’t take my word for any of it.

(also: this notches away another movie-a-week. I’m at 32 remaining.)

I’M NOT TOO LATE!!!111!!

Merry Christmas.

Today’s Public Service

I’m posting this for no good reason, other than I found it interesting.

Ah Bach, Episode 013

This week on the Xmas episode: Doug’s medicated, sad holiday plans, the lack of sexy Christmas movies, both bad and good news for KU basketball, handy Dan, video games are a steal, John’s fascination with a new boxing movie (which he may see in about six months), and poop. I almost forgot about the poop.

Reading, Watching, Hearing…
Dan: Boardwalk Empire
Doug: Crazy Heart
John: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (sheepishly)

all episodes

16 Days til 2011: My Favorites of 2010

Favorite Book I Haven’t Yet Read, But Already Know I Agree with At Least 98% In It and Everyone Hopes I Won’t Read It Because I’ll Become That Much More Insufferable on the Topic, But Sorry Because It’s On My Holiday Reading List: Death to the BCS: The Definitive Case Against the Bowl Championship Series

Just sayin’

Xmas Shopping List

It started and ended here: But I just couldn’t give one of these.

In other news, this happened:

Entered the room this way. We have no idea why. Experts have been called, tests underway. Not sure what else we can do.